Archive for the ‘Yvette Alexander’ Category

LL Video: The Real Super Tuesday

Loose Lips queries D.C. Councilmembers about The Real Super Tuesday, the Potomac Primary on Feb. 12.
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D.C. Council Agenda Roundup!

Every month (sometimes more often) the D.C. Council meets on a Tuesday for its legislative meeting, where the full body sits in the chamber all day and actually passes bills and things like that. There's usually some fairly interesting stuff, but there's usually even more not-so-interesting stuff. Of late, Chairman Vincent C. Gray's started doing [...]

Help the LL Secret Santa!

This week, Loose Lips ran his Secret Santa column, resurrecting a tradition in which LL gives back to all those who have given him so much. Problem is, LL had to skip of lot of deserving folks in the Wilson Building and elsewhere, which has made for several unhappy politicos. All this week, LL's been [...]

District Dems Go For Clinton, Sing

Last night, the D.C. Democratic State Committee held its holiday party and presidential straw poll at the 18th Amendment bar on Capitol Hill.
The big winner: New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who won a narrow victory—55 votes to 49—over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. John Edwards, Sens. Joe Biden and Christopher Dodd, and Bill Richardson captured another [...]

Voting-Rights Activism Heads to YouTube

Wednesday night is the next Republican presidential debate, and local voting-rights activists want their questions answered. And, no, it won't involve picketing or a sit-in this time.
This is the CNN/YouTube presidential debate, and if you're not familiar with the format, it's like any other debate, except the questions are taken from videos made by citizens [...]

How Much Are Your Councilmembers Worth?

On Tuesday, D.C. Vote held its 7th annual "Champions of Democracy" awards reception at the Carnegie Library (né City Museum). The festivities, like at many a fundraising bash, included a silent auction of lunches with D.C. politicos, with the proceeds to benefit D.C. Vote's general operations.
Such a fundraising tactic has always held a certain appeal [...]

Gala Turns Into Mini Barry Roast

"President Jarvis told me, 'This is not a roast,'" said WRC-TV newsman Tom Sherwood, warming up as MC of this year's Southeastern University Gala at the Washington Hilton.
The yearly benefit for the private school in Southwest D.C., headed by former Ward 4 Councilmember Charlene Drew Jarvis, is well-known as a forum for elected officials, business [...]

Big Shots Go Car-Free, Strictly Speaking

Today is Car-Free Day in the District of Columbia, which provided city politicos a chance to prove their ecocredentials during this morning's commute.
Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells, who masterminded the holiday, rode his bike to work, as did City Administrator Dan Tangherlini. Council Chairman Vincent Gray and Ward 2 Councilmember Jack Evans took Metro. But [...]

LL Video: The Lonely Wilson Building

It's a Friday afternoon in D.C. in the middle of August. The D.C. Council is in recess—has been, actually, for over a month. In other words, there is absolutely no reason for anyone to be working today. Even workoholic Mayor Adrian Fenty left for vacay today. And yet! Some of your public servants are still [...]